Siah Armajani and Rasheed Araeen – two diaspora artists who both migrated to the West – invented their own unique responses to the ingrained socio-political phenomenon of their respective societies through art. Opening on 2 April at Rossi & Rossi Wong Chuk Hang, Two Manifestos features works by these artists from the 1970s that mirror their individual experiences in cultures foreign to them. The exhibition also covers more recent works that show the synthesis of the art language each one developed. 

For this edition of #SouthsideSaturday, Rossi & Rossi will be screening short video works created by Armajani and Araeen through our session on Zoom. 

The short films include:

Siah Armajani
Equator, 1970, computer generated 16mm film (black & white, silent)

Line, 1970, computer generated 16mm film (color, silent)

Rasheed Araeen
'Paki Bastard' - Portrait of the artist as a Black Person
video recreation in 2015, originally performed 31st July, 1977

Gallery address: 11/F, M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang